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Offline _Schadenfreude_

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« on: August 31, 2003, 07:58:25 AM »
Guess the "We didn't invade Iraq for cheap gas!!" statement was actually true!!

My apologies to all those whose word I doubted...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20030830/ap_on_re_us/labor_day_travel
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Offline Estes

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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2003, 08:26:35 AM »
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Mitch Painovich, 32, of Denver, en route to Aspen for a beach volleyball tournament.


lol, Aspen of all places for a beach volleyball tournament.
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2003, 04:34:25 PM »
HOLY S* and i thought our 72-80c canadian was bad
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Offline Tarmac

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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2003, 08:41:53 PM »
But in canada, do you buy gas by the liter or gallon?
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Offline Gadfly

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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2003, 09:25:18 PM »
Damn, another probe lost......
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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2003, 11:25:52 PM »
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Originally posted by Tarmac
But in canada, do you buy gas by the liter or gallon?


Liter.
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Offline SaburoS

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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2003, 12:52:36 AM »
$2.29/gal for 89 octane.... ouch.
Here in California.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2003, 02:07:28 AM »
I will always complain about gas prices with a bit of caution... I remember seeing UK gas prices when I was over there.  I remember thinking, "lucky bastards, it's a bit cheaper here and they have more efficient cars."  And then I remembered they're paying by the liter, so gas was in the neighborhood of 3x more expensive than here.  

It went down to 1.76/gal today... hopefully after Labor Day it'll drop further.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2003, 02:11:48 AM »
$2.41 tonight...  12 @#$@#$ gallons.
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Offline NUKE

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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2003, 02:13:23 AM »
Lucky for me my company pays for my truck and all my gas :)
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Offline Inferno

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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2003, 09:50:48 AM »
$1.62 here. A big jump from a year or two ago when it was 99 cents. :eek:

In Hawaii it's anywhere from $2.09 to $2.30.
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Offline Udie

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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2003, 10:03:31 AM »
dang it's $1.65 for mid grade here in Texas,  it must be getting high everywhere else!  Even back in the "crisis" 6 months ago it only got up to about $1.60.  Hopefully it will start going back down this week...
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Offline RTR

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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2003, 10:18:21 AM »
well paying 71 cents/litre here today.
I think its about 3.7 litre to the us gallon.
Factor in the current exchange rate between the US and Canadian dollar and it works out to about  US $1.83 per gallon.
Freaking robbery when you consider that approximately 43% of that is taxes.
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Offline jamusta

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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2003, 04:51:18 PM »
The higher your cost of living the more they gouge... $2.25 for 87octane in the south bay.
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